Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for KV Oostende - Standard Liège!
- KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Pro League game only four days ago.
KV Oostende form and stats
Overall Pro League stats at home this season for KV Oostende are 6-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).
A strong away win for Oostende against Antwerp the last match, as Fashion Sakala and Marko Kvasina were on target. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Club Brugge.
The victory against Antwerp came after Marko Kvasina's winning goal. The Oostende manager A. Blessin was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 80th minute.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how KV Oostende have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost two.
There will be little rest for Oostende after this match as they are travelling to Zulte-Waregem for a Pro League game in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and Oostende are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 11 league matches. On the other hand, KV Oostende have conceded 14 goals.
Standard Liège form and stats
5-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Standard Liège in their Pro League matches away. The fact that Standard have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Standard are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
The supporters enjoyed Standard Liège's previous game versus Sporting Charleroi (placed 8th), a Pro League 3-2 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Mechelen at their stadium, the result 4-0.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager M. Leye when Jackson Muleka scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Standard Liège in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Standard, three draws and four defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Standard manager M. Leye as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Club Brugge.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Standard have scored 15 goals in 11 league games away. Standard Liège are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Oostende and Standard Liège have met before this season: Standard Liège - KV Oostende 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Oostende victory, two draws and seven Standard Liège wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Sakala 9 goals |  M. Gueye 5 goals |  S. Amallah 5 goals |
KV Oostende missing players
Standard Liège missing players
| KV Oostende | Standard Liège | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 33 | 22 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 33 |
| 29 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 24 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 91% | 91% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 70% |
| 65% | 82% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 55% | 57% |
| 26% | 36% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 26% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 65% | 82% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 57% |
| 22% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 30% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.8 | 7.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 40% | 58% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 44% | 42% |
- All of KV Oostende's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- KV Oostende have scored in all their home matches so far.
- KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 32 | 51 |
| 2 | Genk | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 39 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 37 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | KV Oostende | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 35 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 33 |
| 9 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 48 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 28 | -3 | 33 |
| 10 | AS Eupen | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 30 |
| 11 | Gent | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 30 |
| 12 | Zulte-Waregem | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 29 |
| 14 | Mechelen | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -5 | 29 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 24 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 23 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 29 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -20 | 21 |